Monday, June 27, 2016

The 10 best Latin American books of all time

The best novels by Latin American authors or set in Latin America from One Hundred Years of Solitude to The Alchemist 

    
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Best Latin American novels of all time (clockwise from top left): Gabriel García Márquez; The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende; The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara; Mario Vargas Llosa
Best Latin American novels of all time (clockwise from top left): Gabriel García Márquez; The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende; The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara; Mario Vargas Llosa Photo: AP; Black Swan; Clara Molden
Mario Vargas Llosa (1963)
The debut novel of the experimental writer sometimes described as “the national conscience of Peru”, this story of teenage boys at a military academy has shades of Lord of the Flies. The outraged academy authorities burned 1,000 copies on publication.
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